Prepared by scholars from four countries, the 63 papers in this collection address recent developments and recurrent problems in the theory, practice, criticism, and teaching of argumentation. Following the texts of two keynote addresses, the papers are presented according to eight broad categories: argumentation theory, historical and political argument, ideology and argument criticism, argumentation in special fields, meaning and argument, interpersonal argumentation, argument in groups and organizations, and debate theory and argument pedagogy. Specific topics discussed in the papers include the following: (1) recreating a rhetorical view of narrative; (2) argumentation in the field of rhetorical communication; (3) historical argument in the Lincoln-Douglas debates; (4) the education of a television debate critic; (5) Ronald Reagan's first State of the Union Address as case study in language, argument and culture; (6) argument and consciousness in labor history; (7) rhetorical grounds for determining what is fundamental science; (8) argumentation in utility rate hearings; (9) the pragmatics of meaning in argumentation; (10) a constructivist approach to meaning; (11) the role of argumentation in source credibility; (12) social confrontation in varying degrees of intimacy; (13) research on the role of argument in decision making groups; (14) argumentation and negotiation; (15) the role of propositions in forensic argument; and (16) a pedagogical justification of argumentation for the general student. (HTH)